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| In designing a new analogue filter, Sidney Darlington found tables of the exact elliptic functions required in an 1829 Latin paper by Carl Jacobi in the New York City Library. |
| Diorhabda carinata (pictured), D. sublineata and D. elongata, three species of leaf beetle in Eurasia and North Africa, are used as biological pest control agents against invasive tamarisk trees in North America. |
| Nobody knows what happened to the bishopric of Hexham after Tidfrith. |
| In 2004, there were 1.8 million traditional fishing boats, such as dugouts and coracles. |
| After affixing blame for the death of Empress Xiao Xian on Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Yang Guangxian took his place as head of the Chinese Bureau of Astronomy. |
| Bob Dylan's song "Joey" is a sympathetic portrayal of real-life gangster Joey Gallo. |
| The Japanese ammunition ship Kashino was specifically designed to transport the Yamato class battleships' main battery to the shipyards where they were being built. |
| The earthquake of 1348 in the Alpine region of Friuli hit at the same time as the plague in Italy and it caused odours to come up through the earth. |
| The Shanhua Temple (pictured) in Datong, China, contains a hall that is over 900 years old. |
| When he was crown prince the future Emperor Jing of Han killed the Prince of Wu during an argument over a game of Liubo by throwing the game board at his opponent. |
| Jimi Hendrix originally wanted to cover Bob Dylan's "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" from the John Wesley Harding album, but covered "All Along the Watchtower" from the same album instead. |
| Italian composer and American citizen Nino Marcelli led the San Diego High School orchestra to achieve a national reputation in the 1930s. |
| The South Dakota-class battleships are considered to be the best "treaty battleship" ever built. |
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